Present Perfect

Simple Past / Present Perfect

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"

B: I don't know. I _________________(see, never) that movie.

2. Sam _________________(arrive) in San Diego a week ago.

3. My best friend and I _________________(know) each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.

4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He ___________________(write) ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.

5. I ________________(have, not) this much fun since I ______________(be) a kid.

6. Things _______________(change) a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first __________(start) working here three years ago, the company __________(have, only) six employees. Since then, we _____________ (expand) to include more than 2000 full-time workers.

7. I _______________ (tell) him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he ________(wander) off into the forest and (be) bitten by a snake.

8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you ___________(miss) the bus this morning. You ___________(be) late to work too many times. You are fired!

9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he __________(see, never) the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.

10. How sad! George ____________ (dream) of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He _____________(see, never) the ocean.

11. In the last hundred years, traveling ___________(become) much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it ____________ (take) two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip ___________(be) very rough and often dangerous. Things _________(change) a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you ____________ (change) since the last time I _________(see) you. You _____________(grow) at least a foot!

13. This tree _______ (be) planted by the settlers who ___________(found) our city over four hundred years ago.

14. This mountain ___________(be, never) climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers ___________(try) to reach the top, but nobody ___________ (succeed, ever) . The climb is extremely difficult and many people _______________(die) trying to reach the summit.

15. I __________(visit, never) Africa, but I ___________(travel) to South America several times. The last time I ___________(go) to South America, I ___________(visit) Brazil and Peru. I ____________(spend) two weeks in the Amazon, ____________(hike) for a week near Machu Picchu, and ____________ (fly) over the Nazca Lines.

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